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Backwards, In Heels. (Formerly Legwarmers): Splitting a satsuma.
http://legwarmers.blogspot.com/2006/12/little-magic-just-enough.html
December 22, 2006. No snow. No frost, even, usually. Everyone clutching, grasping, hoping for the same thing, sometimes catching hold of it by a slippery tail - just for a moment, spirits soaring - only for it to, a moment later, slide just out of reach. There's a lot of sadness and quietness and loneliness hidden just under the surface of this season; a poor girl dressed up for a moment in borrowed clothes, the tags still on. And yet, it's a little magic. And not a lot magic like when the sun hit the cl...
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Backwards, In Heels. (Formerly Legwarmers): Armoires and Wendy's: good ideas gone bad
http://legwarmers.blogspot.com/2007/01/armoires-and-wendys-good-ideas-gone.html
January 23, 2007. Armoires and Wendy's: good ideas gone bad. Once you’ve moved (as in switching condos, apartments or houses) once or twice, it’s difficult to imagine what (outside of perhaps a flesh-eating bacteria on your face, being locked in a tanning bed or drinking bleach) on this earth is worse. I have. Twice. Also, I used to live less than half a mile from a strip club run by the local mafia family. Not long ago, I moved from Fremont/Ballard to Kirkland. FreLard is a pretty rad little place, ...
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Backwards, In Heels. (Formerly Legwarmers): Date #3: the dealbreaker
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March 14, 2006. Date #3: the dealbreaker. A single girlfriend of mine and I got together the other day for a drink and to catch up. This particular girl is one I can count on to be single, like, forever - which is great when I am also single, because it means I have someone to go out with who doesn't have either:. B)a curfew because she has to get back to her husband. Discussion that inevitably prefaces a real relationship (and leaves me, as I mentioned, alone in singledom). So how's Mr. Now? Look, we've...
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Backwards, In Heels. (Formerly Legwarmers): April 1 - No fooling
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April 01, 2011. April 1 - No fooling. Oh, how I love this spot. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but backwards and in heels.". I'm a modern Seattle twenty-something, and these are the laughs, learnings and (mis)adventures of my life. View my complete profile. Armoires and Vanilla Frosties: Good ideas gone wrong. Date Three: The Dealbreaker. Dating Epiphany: It's all about your story. Don't sign any legal documents. How not to get a ticket.
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Backwards, In Heels. (Formerly Legwarmers): Just did it.
http://legwarmers.blogspot.com/2008/11/just-did-it.html
November 30, 2008. I ran a half-marathon today, my first, and survived. It was painful, but I loved it. And, in retrospect, I could have finished it a considerable amount faster, but as I ran past over-achievers who were, in the final leg, on the ground with cramps or strapped to gurneys and vomiting, I decided that for my first one, slow and steady was the way to go. I am no worse for the wear - a little sore (okay, a lot sore, anyone offering rubbing services of any kind? What good interlocutors :).
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Backwards, In Heels. (Formerly Legwarmers): A minorly major update
http://legwarmers.blogspot.com/2010/04/minorly-major-update.html
April 25, 2010. A minorly major update. A lot has happened since my last post. I mean, for one, micro-blogging. Who knew blogging in 140 characters or less would become such a cultural phenomenon? I'll admit I tried my hand at it, but here's the thing: I've never been one for brevity. My life simply doesn't fit into 140 characters. I mean, my opinion doesn't fit into 140 characters usually. Come to think of it, there's not a lot I want to say that does. Except this:. His first words to my mother? Good fo...
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Backwards, In Heels. (Formerly Legwarmers): Let's take the scenic route, eh?
http://legwarmers.blogspot.com/2006/02/lets-take-scenic-route-eh.html
February 04, 2006. Let's take the scenic route, eh? It's as if I am visiting after being away far too long. I had almost forgotten the feeling. Of damp air on skin,. The sickly sweet smell of garbage and bum piss. In the alleys of downtown,. And the way spring doesn't come until June -. Buds bursting into colorful crowns. Yesterday nonexistant in the green,. Now grinning and bobbing outside my window. I had almost forgotten the contradiction of this place:. The reflections in tall, mirrored buildings.
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Backwards, In Heels. (Formerly Legwarmers): "I'm wearing that shirt you like..."
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December 02, 2008. I'm wearing that shirt you like.". I just got a second Blackberry and a second line. Because back in July I had an experience that convinced me that any adult who would like to be perceived as responsible should carry separate work and personal devices. And, being a procrastinator, I just now got around to it. But the horror of my lesson still lingers. I'm in your upstairs bathroom, FYI. Don't freak.". I got the message, and, picturing her sitting on the toilet texting me, giggled and.
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Backwards, In Heels. (Formerly Legwarmers): How not to get a ticket, though you totally deserve one
http://legwarmers.blogspot.com/2006/08/how-not-to-get-ticket-though-you.html
August 08, 2006. How not to get a ticket, though you totally deserve one. I, Liz, author of Legwarmers and generally cool girl, otherwise, drive a Pontiac Vibe. Can't you just hear the browsers of men across the globe clicking closed right now? A Vibe it was. And while I get lots of "wagon" jokes from my friends (also the "when are you due? Huh) My family almost had me convinced I'd be doing prison time for that one. And, of course, mailboxes. But the point I'm trying to get to, really, is my car. The Vi...
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Backwards, In Heels. (Formerly Legwarmers): AWK-WAAARRRRRDDDD....
http://legwarmers.blogspot.com/2009/06/awk-waaarrrrrdddd.html
June 25, 2009. Let's set the scene:. It was a busy Wednesday. I was bogged down at work - endless decks to pull together, meetings to run, cats to herd. I was down to the wire on a crazy-big project with lots of visibility. And, noticing Mickey's big hand was on the 12 on my clock, I realized with a pang that I was STARVING. The teriyaki place across the street is a far cry from the best I've had, but it's predictable, and thus was my choice. Hysterically, during these strange lunch hour mixings, these t...